CHESAPEAKE, Ohio - Neither of the people killed in a crash concluding a high-speed police chase along U.S. 52 in June had a valid driver's license, according to Sgt. Steve Smith of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

IRONTON - Ohio University Southern has named a new director for Enrollment and Student Services.

Dr. Kim T. Keffer is from Ashland, Kentucky, and graduated from Boyd County High School. She then earned her B. S. and master's in education, and also obtained her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration, all from Ohio University, according to a news release.

We would like to thank our Briggs Lawrence County Public Library patrons for participating in our summer reading programs: for the children of "Every Hero Has a Story," the teens and tweens of "Unmask!," and for the adults, "Escape the Ordinary." They have read thousands of books and attended our programs faithfully.

IRONTON - You might think it is a bad thing if most of your yard plantings die throughout the winter, but for Gary and Terri Belcher, this resulted in their winning Ironton in Bloom's Yard of the Month award for May.

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